Safe siting and the Choose Safe Places program

Learn how to choose a location for your child care program safe from environmental hazards and how DPH can help.

Videos

Children and Environmental Hazards

This 1-minute animated video explains why safe siting of your child care program is important. Please feel free to share this video online and on your social media channels.

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Checking for Hazards

This 1-minute animated video provides questions to ask when choosing a location for your child care program. Please feel free to share this video online and on your social media channels.

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Training

Training for child care providers

This 20-minute short course introduces the elements of safe siting for child care programs and how the Choose Safe Places for Early Care and Education, a program of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, can help.

After completing this short course, you will be able to:

• Explain why it’s important to protect children from environmental hazards.
• List four things to check when choosing a new location for a child care program.
• List common environmental hazards that can be avoided when choosing a new location.
• Identify contacts and resources to help you check for environmental hazards.

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